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The Trouble with Jessica movie review: mortgaged souls

Fri, Apr 12, 2024
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The pleasures of this black comedy about London real estate and the hypocrisies of posh professionals lie in the terrific cast, especially Shirley Henderson, embodying entertainingly horrible people.

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daily stream: why does a movie about depressed writers feel festive? I try to explain…

Fri, Dec 22, 2023
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2000’s Wonder Boys is on Paramount+ in the US (and other services, too), and exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

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daily stream: the other cabin-in-the-woods movie

Thu, May 11, 2023
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2011’s Tucker and Dale vs Evil leaves Prime in the US soon; on Prime in the UK.

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Raya and the Last Dragon movie review: warrior princess

Sun, Mar 28, 2021
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The Disney paradigm is hard at play again here, its familiarity offset by its inspiration in Southeast Asian culture and mythology. Sweepingly told, gorgeously animated, and audaciously optimistic.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story movie review: the high price of hope

Fri, Dec 16, 2016
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There’s genuine fun here, but the humor is cynical, the heroics are tinged with regret, and it’s all delivered with a cold smack of — yes — political relevance.

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Oddball and the Penguins (aka Oddball) movie review: dogs and birds living together

Fri, Feb 12, 2016
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Sweet, silly, charming. A true story about an unlikely canine-assisted project to protect endangered birds, goofily fictionalized to engage kids.

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials movie review: apocalyptic pile-on

Fri, Sep 11, 2015
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The only slightly original element of the first film — the Maze — is gone, and now we’re in not simply a generic afterscape but every sci-fi afterscape.

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter movie review: met on a great battlefield

Tue, Jun 19, 2012
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Timur Bekmambetov treats his pile-on of pulpy historical pseudo revisionism sincerely, but cheerfully so: its subversively gentle sense of humor is never so earnest that it stumbles over into cheese.

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Tucker & Dale vs. Evil movie review

Tue, Nov 01, 2011
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How is it possible that no one has done anything quite like this before? This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen, a clever, witty, surprising splatter comedy…

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Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (redband trailer)

Thu, Sep 15, 2011
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Oh my god. It’s an accidental horror movie. I haven’t laughed so hard at a trailer in ages.

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